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." >> after taking office, obama talked about the need to reform the financial industry. >> we need a protection agency and need to change the wall street culture. >> but in its first year, the obama administration did not enact a single financial reform. >> addressing obama and, quote, regulatory reform, my response will be hah. there is very little reform. >> how come? >> it is a wall street government. tavis: first of all, let the record state that you are wearing jeans today. >> i am. tavis: can i grabbed this? >> you certainly can. tavis: these are very nice, very heavy. let me ask you how it feels to have done something that is prestigious enough to have claimed this prize? everybody is talking about it too has seen this documentary, and by your own speech of the night, nothing has changed. what happens when you invest so much of yourself, and you claim this prize, but what you care about, the issue, has not changed? >> it is, of course, disappointed, but there are many working on this, and sometimes, things take time. you have to take the long view. the world is not a perfect p
." >> after taking office, obama talked about the need to reform the financial industry. >> we need a protection agency and need to change the wall street culture. >> but in its first year, the obama administration did not enact a single financial reform. >> addressing obama and, quote, regulatory reform, my response will be hah. there is very little reform. >> how come? >> it is a wall street government. tavis: first of all, let the record state that...
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. >> billed as an opportunity for arab leaders to air their concerns about the p5 plus 1 talks. obama administration had planned to sweetened the agreement with more military operation, but stopping short of what arab leaders were hoping for. >> this has been a slow moving train wreck over several years. the president is trying to reassure at these gulf states if we do reach a deal with iran we have their back from a security standpoint. this is a difficult assurance to provide since we have not delivered very much on other assurances we have provided in the past i think our credibility is really at stake here. >> the move comes just days after u.s. secretary of state john kerry's latest trip to the kingdom, and what u.s. diplomats described as tough negotiations over the saudi led coalitions in yemen. with no long term or binding security commitment the saudis and their allies are worried. they say the washington summit is not offering anything new. and while both sides deny there's any rift in the relationship there's no getting around that there's a disconnect between what gu
. >> billed as an opportunity for arab leaders to air their concerns about the p5 plus 1 talks. obama administration had planned to sweetened the agreement with more military operation, but stopping short of what arab leaders were hoping for. >> this has been a slow moving train wreck over several years. the president is trying to reassure at these gulf states if we do reach a deal with iran we have their back from a security standpoint. this is a difficult assurance to provide...
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>> he sort of said obama botched the response to benghazi. frankly, his first response was not the best response. he botched his first response in terms of coming out swinging, politicizing it to soon. there is a hesitancy for him to politicize it again. there is this window opening for mitt romney and he wants to take it. you can say the administration dropped the ball, they did not anticipate the terrorist attack, they left americans vulnerable. >> there is no mention to of president george bush. why is that legacy avoided? >> there is a real debate within the camp. there is a kind of -- you do not know where he stands. in some places, he has a former bush advisers who are real and neocons. in others, they're much more moderate and really believed international institutions, will want to empower natural institutions. we have not seen where he comes down and we're not sure whether he is a neocon or a realist or aim moderates. he keeps giving these speeches, but he does not nail it down. we're trying to figure out him as he does. >> maybe we
>> he sort of said obama botched the response to benghazi. frankly, his first response was not the best response. he botched his first response in terms of coming out swinging, politicizing it to soon. there is a hesitancy for him to politicize it again. there is this window opening for mitt romney and he wants to take it. you can say the administration dropped the ball, they did not anticipate the terrorist attack, they left americans vulnerable. >> there is no mention to of...
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government process in which the white house talks to congress. and in this case, the president is required, under the legislation that passed after the iran deal was signed by the obama administration, to certify to congress every 90 days that iran is in compliance with the deal. and the idea at the time they did this was to hold president obama's feet to the fire. they didn't really imagine how this would play out when a republican president got elected. it has no effect on the deal itself. unless congress in the 60 days after that notification, then decides to impose or reimpose the economic sanctions on iran that were lifted in return for iran shipping 98% of its nuclear fuel out of the country and dismantling a bunch of its facilities and allowing free range. then congress, if it does nothing, would basically signal that the deal can remain in effect. and the president would hope to create leverage to reopen the deal or negotiate something else with the iranians. the problem they've run into is the europeans have said if you try to leave this
government process in which the white house talks to congress. and in this case, the president is required, under the legislation that passed after the iran deal was signed by the obama administration, to certify to congress every 90 days that iran is in compliance with the deal. and the idea at the time they did this was to hold president obama's feet to the fire. they didn't really imagine how this would play out when a republican president got elected. it has no effect on the deal itself....
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of course, president obama talked for a long te about reacng out to rogue actors like cube anorth korea, iran, and so forth. cuba seemed to be an opening that he could, in his view, anyway, would make a difference that will stand in the history books. >> sreenivasan: peter baker frothe "new york times," tnk you. >> thank you, happy holiday. >> this is pbs newshour weekend, saturday. >> sreenivasan: you probably haven't given it a lot of thought, but, for centuries, music largely consisted of monks singing hymns with a single melody-- what's known as monophony. experts believed music changed about 1,100 years ago. but, now, for the first time, after a chance discovery, they actually have proof of it. martha fairlie of itn reports from london. ♪ >> reporter: written more than a millenium ago but groundbreaking at its time, this two-part chant was a cutting edge composion. it is the earliest known example of polyphonic music, where more than one melody is sung together. ♪ and its discovery on a 10th century manuscript at the british library has excited music historians. >> what's fasci
of course, president obama talked for a long te about reacng out to rogue actors like cube anorth korea, iran, and so forth. cuba seemed to be an opening that he could, in his view, anyway, would make a difference that will stand in the history books. >> sreenivasan: peter baker frothe "new york times," tnk you. >> thank you, happy holiday. >> this is pbs newshour weekend, saturday. >> sreenivasan: you probably haven't given it a lot of thought, but, for...
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gwen: the obama campaign last week, as we were talking about, tried to make the case that mitt romney's record as a businessman falls short. this week the idea was to undermine his record as massachusetts governor. romney, meanwhile, spent yesterday raising questions about the obama administration's support for a now defounget solar energy firm. but both got stepped on. romney's by former george w. bush yesterday and also by supporter donald trum be, who revived discredited claims about the president's place of birth. and the president's message got stepped on by another former president, bill clinton. >> there's no question that in terms of getting up and going to the office and, you know, basically performing the essential functions of the office, a man who's been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold. but they have dramatically different proposals. the obama proposals and the obama record would be far better for the american economy than those that governor romney's laid out. >> this was clinton, unapologetic today. >> the great thing about n
gwen: the obama campaign last week, as we were talking about, tried to make the case that mitt romney's record as a businessman falls short. this week the idea was to undermine his record as massachusetts governor. romney, meanwhile, spent yesterday raising questions about the obama administration's support for a now defounget solar energy firm. but both got stepped on. romney's by former george w. bush yesterday and also by supporter donald trum be, who revived discredited claims about the...
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talked a lot about green energy power during the election. do you think he will come through on those promises? >> the obama administration did a lot during the first term to support renewables, and i would like to see them do a lot in the second term. that doesn't volve a lot of government money, but solar power has made huge strides in becoming cost-effective. i expect we'll make a lot more solar investment with the support of the federal government and the support of the state and local governments as well. >> susie: as you know, many of the tax credits and government support will be expiring very, very soon. and given theen battles over the budget and the fiscal cliff, unlikely that they're going to renew these -- >> it is absolutely unlikely. we expect no more money from the federal government for solar power, but the cost of solar has dropped so much, and something that people haven't talked about, what is going to be the costs in terms of your utility bill to rebuild the power system. solar is now competitive with the retail price of e
talked a lot about green energy power during the election. do you think he will come through on those promises? >> the obama administration did a lot during the first term to support renewables, and i would like to see them do a lot in the second term. that doesn't volve a lot of government money, but solar power has made huge strides in becoming cost-effective. i expect we'll make a lot more solar investment with the support of the federal government and the support of the state and...
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. >> are they out of line when they talk about racism? >> there are plenty of examples of these incidents the tea party leadership says it is a set up. they are real. there was no tea party movement when spending was out of control in the bush administration. there are those who suspect this is aimed at obama is legitimacy. i think it is so diverse and all over the place that you cannot just label it. they are equal opportunity haters. they need a reagan or a positive force to collect this energy. there will be a poster of charles crowdhamer and there is one nearby with obama and day hitler mustache. there has been no channel of his energy into something people can like. >> there is nothing compared to the way bush was caricatured and attacked and treated. i think there is nothing to the charge that obama is being treated any worse than his predecessor, certainly no worse than george bush. this naacp is an organization in search of a purpose% this is a search for relevance. who would care about this if this had not happened? you have an a
. >> are they out of line when they talk about racism? >> there are plenty of examples of these incidents the tea party leadership says it is a set up. they are real. there was no tea party movement when spending was out of control in the bush administration. there are those who suspect this is aimed at obama is legitimacy. i think it is so diverse and all over the place that you cannot just label it. they are equal opportunity haters. they need a reagan or a positive force to...
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so people were aren't ch even talking about some straightforward extension. >> doesn't the president feel a little pressure from the left. saying ah, there he is, caving again? >> after threx, obama in his press conference and david axle rod were signaling that they were willing to compromise. and the left said, well, this is a capitulation. you have to at least fight. >> he doesn't have much leverage. >> right. >> what does it say for bipartisan that the republicans and the president can't even agree on a time when they're going do have this big come to jesus meeting? >> yes, does not bode well for him, does it? >> it was funny because right after the election, obama said, i want to have a big pleating with the partisan leadership, come for a meeting. have dinner. he said, i want it on this day. and then, it was funny because when i called the republican leadership after that was announced. i said so you guys are onboard for this? they said, well, we're checking the schedule, you know? >> it's not usually what you say when the president -- >> i want to ask you about that. was it rea
so people were aren't ch even talking about some straightforward extension. >> doesn't the president feel a little pressure from the left. saying ah, there he is, caving again? >> after threx, obama in his press conference and david axle rod were signaling that they were willing to compromise. and the left said, well, this is a capitulation. you have to at least fight. >> he doesn't have much leverage. >> right. >> what does it say for bipartisan that the...
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he could just waive what obama did like magic. and two, it puts, in some ways, republicans in congress in the worst possible situation, once again adding to all the things that you talked about that they have to deal with. now you want us to deal with the enormity of a deal done by the executive branch, that involves many other countries? a nuclear iran? it puts them in a terrible box right now. >> he's also boxed himself in, because he set up this predicate whereby in a certain amount of time, he said, if you don't take these actions, congress, i am going to walk away from the deal. we're going to be all writing stories and wondering, well, what's he going to do? is he going to unilaterally say this is over, or is he going to take what congress gives them, if they're able to produce anything? >> it's important to understand, it's hard for members of congress to explain this. but even people who really opposed sealing -- it wasn't formally signed. it's not a treaty. but sealing the deal in july 2015, even people who said don't do
he could just waive what obama did like magic. and two, it puts, in some ways, republicans in congress in the worst possible situation, once again adding to all the things that you talked about that they have to deal with. now you want us to deal with the enormity of a deal done by the executive branch, that involves many other countries? a nuclear iran? it puts them in a terrible box right now. >> he's also boxed himself in, because he set up this predicate whereby in a certain amount of...
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talks so much. and that will be a fill your for the obama administration. so i think administration is taking the view at least that it can influence, pressure suleiman with whom we have a close relationship into doing what is promised. producing these reforms within six months, finding time for political parties to come into being, talk to the egyptian people. it's all pretty far-fetched in a way when you think of the very close time frame. and certainly elbaradei says it's not possible. we need mubarak to go, he says, and we need a year to prepare elections. >> rose: i want to turn to one thing that i thought you wrote about really well, which is the sense of dignity that pervades the people that you have met. i'm quoting now from a man who said "why would we trust him now to play it right?" that's the question the west hand answered. you say "the deeper problem is more culture than political, to accept the mubarak or chaos argument is a form of disrespect to the civility and capacity of tahrir sq
talks so much. and that will be a fill your for the obama administration. so i think administration is taking the view at least that it can influence, pressure suleiman with whom we have a close relationship into doing what is promised. producing these reforms within six months, finding time for political parties to come into being, talk to the egyptian people. it's all pretty far-fetched in a way when you think of the very close time frame. and certainly elbaradei says it's not possible. we...
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as president obama welcomes president hu jintao from chie now for dinner we talked to henry kissinger who 40 years ago went to china and changed the relationship. he speaks this evening about the relationship today and in the future. >> one should shouldn't protect the trade line in which china is dominant. they have a major power with its own big problems. there's no reason why we should not remain in a position of equality in some areas, superiority, maybe not. so i don't accept this. but we will no longer be as dominant as we were right after world war ii when we were the only functioning maintained country. and we have to adjust our understanding of the world into a world in which there are other countries that are capable of asserting their interests, not just because they submit to our leadership but they can make us adjust some of the things. >> charlie: a program note. we had promoted a conversation with joe schultz the former secretary of state. that program will be seen next week. tonight kissinger for the hour. maybe you want school kids to have more exposure to the arts. m
as president obama welcomes president hu jintao from chie now for dinner we talked to henry kissinger who 40 years ago went to china and changed the relationship. he speaks this evening about the relationship today and in the future. >> one should shouldn't protect the trade line in which china is dominant. they have a major power with its own big problems. there's no reason why we should not remain in a position of equality in some areas, superiority, maybe not. so i don't accept this....
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so that's what obama was talking about, a compromise. gwen: it also sounded as if he had bought into a basic republican tenet which is that they were sim youlative. >> that is probably the thing that infure rated a lot of liberals. and democrats in general had been campaigning for a really long time, and obama made it simple to his campaign, against spending for the tax cuts for the upper income brackets. so that was bad enough. to add insult to injury, the deal included this estate tax deal that levied a tax on inheritances that was much higher than anybody had been talking about before. so that theory was somewhat quelled in the senate by a pragmatic look, and, well, it could be worse next year. so the senate vote was like 81 to 19. they don't have votes like that in the senate very often, so then it goes to the house, and the liberals fought a lot harder there. it took a lot more to get it through. but in the end there too they had practically a landslide roll call ated my night, as you said. >> just a week ago, it looked an awful lot
so that's what obama was talking about, a compromise. gwen: it also sounded as if he had bought into a basic republican tenet which is that they were sim youlative. >> that is probably the thing that infure rated a lot of liberals. and democrats in general had been campaigning for a really long time, and obama made it simple to his campaign, against spending for the tax cuts for the upper income brackets. so that was bad enough. to add insult to injury, the deal included this estate tax...
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the obama administration is very keen to get away from that notion as much as possible. why? because obama knows that he needs putin and russia's support on other key international issues like iran, like syria, like north korea. they don't want to burn all bridges. at the same time, they are, you know, trying to figure out ways to corporate. and that means that an i.m.f. bailout package would hopefully be paired with russian lone assistance as well and the u.s. $1 billion. ts own as john kerry said this isn't "rocky iv." he's trying to make the point this is not a new cold war. gwen: are there dollar signs attached to this conflict? >> very much so. i mean, the ukrainian economy is in crisis. investors are pulling out. the government has said that it needs $35 billion in bailouts to keep its economy afloat. then later they said that's for two years. they need at least $15 billion for the first year from the i.m.f. the i.m.f. is doing some fact-finding and figure out what's possible but the i.m.f. has been burned twice already. since 2008, the two previous governments both did
the obama administration is very keen to get away from that notion as much as possible. why? because obama knows that he needs putin and russia's support on other key international issues like iran, like syria, like north korea. they don't want to burn all bridges. at the same time, they are, you know, trying to figure out ways to corporate. and that means that an i.m.f. bailout package would hopefully be paired with russian lone assistance as well and the u.s. $1 billion. ts own as john kerry...
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doesn't do more interviews like that because if you give obama time to talk he is an interesting thoughtful man and i think that is really the obama that americans first voted for and stweal still do in large numbers. he has looked to the world and learn a great deal. >> and tonight another perspective on the israeli palestinian conflicts having heard from the israeli am bass for to the united states, tonight three palestinians and an egyptian talk about the palestinian perspective. >> palestinians cannot choose israelly leaders, israel lis should not be choo choosing palestinian leaders if you are going to have an agreement ever on this issue it has to be between parties that actually, actually legitimately represent the steak hold in other words this issue. and that is not going to be served by keeping palestinians divided. >> obama on obama and palestinians on hamas when we continue. >> funding for charlie rose is provided by the following. >> there's a saying around here: you stand behind what you say. around here, we don't make excuses, we make commitments. and when you can't live up t
doesn't do more interviews like that because if you give obama time to talk he is an interesting thoughtful man and i think that is really the obama that americans first voted for and stweal still do in large numbers. he has looked to the world and learn a great deal. >> and tonight another perspective on the israeli palestinian conflicts having heard from the israeli am bass for to the united states, tonight three palestinians and an egyptian talk about the palestinian perspective....
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you are talking about hundreds of millions of people. these things have a tendency to get well beyond the ability of any nation or set of nations to control. right now the obama administration is doing the right things with our allies. tavis: well we are walking on eggshells, we have to deal with what we already engaged in- house -- engaged in. defense secretary panetta has made it clear there is a new timetable as he sees it. how do you assess that new timetable? >> i know that has subjected the secretary and the administration to a lot of new questions, but i think we have to look at a couple of realities. this is our 11th year in afghanistan, and that reality is washing over a nation's ability to continue to sustain that war. it is pretty clear the american people want out, as do other natons that are now rour allies. in the end it will tv -- it will be the afghan people who decide what they want to do. the other part of this you have not mentioned is pakistan. pakistan is the most important and critical element in the equation. oint
you are talking about hundreds of millions of people. these things have a tendency to get well beyond the ability of any nation or set of nations to control. right now the obama administration is doing the right things with our allies. tavis: well we are walking on eggshells, we have to deal with what we already engaged in- house -- engaged in. defense secretary panetta has made it clear there is a new timetable as he sees it. how do you assess that new timetable? >> i know that has...
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the obama administration has newstrying to get the good that you are talking about out there but with this in the backdrop it is hard to get the message out. gwen: it is not just about the deficit. saying it is are not over yet. also housing numbers are good. corporate earnings report which good. the jobless numbers are good. >> the jobs have been great. 200,000 plus job growth for month after month after month. the kind of number that will take the country back to the where we need to be over time. the problem is wages have not as well.ing up when you see the jobs that are created not being great high-paying jobs that is part of problem and people tonight feel it. and then there is a sentencing hangover from 2009 where we saw the great financial collapse and realized all of could go away. people don't believe in them yet. you need the confidence to turn over and things to start turning for the american public. >> the federal reserve is about are in the middle of unwinding what they did to fix emergency thate jack lew was talking about. where are they in the economic picture? slowing
the obama administration has newstrying to get the good that you are talking about out there but with this in the backdrop it is hard to get the message out. gwen: it is not just about the deficit. saying it is are not over yet. also housing numbers are good. corporate earnings report which good. the jobless numbers are good. >> the jobs have been great. 200,000 plus job growth for month after month after month. the kind of number that will take the country back to the where we need to be...
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their first talks. there to establish regular communications. taiwanese ministers in charge of policies say this is a new chapter in relations. the obama administration is whether orweighing to wheth not to use a drone strike. they identify the individual, the suspect affiliated with al qaeda. it wouldn't be the first time u.s. citizens have been killed by american drones. the issue is controversial. the u.s. attorney general for president george w. bush. >> i think he knows a lot less than the government has. much of it will be classified. someone that we believe may be a terrorist. >> critics would charge that that is eg precisely part of the problem. that the members of the public sense of what he might be doing or where he is. a challenge for the obama administration in terms of the process of naming this person an enemy combatant. it calls into question whether or not this american citizen is inng afforded due process the process of designating him an enemy combatant. in the event that this issue comes before a court. >> as the drone policy
their first talks. there to establish regular communications. taiwanese ministers in charge of policies say this is a new chapter in relations. the obama administration is whether orweighing to wheth not to use a drone strike. they identify the individual, the suspect affiliated with al qaeda. it wouldn't be the first time u.s. citizens have been killed by american drones. the issue is controversial. the u.s. attorney general for president george w. bush. >> i think he knows a lot less...
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and my goodness, is president obama recognizing hamas and is he going to talk to hamas? the white house had to come back and say no, we didn't say mediate. we said facilitate. and we didn't say that we were going to get in there and make a cease-fire happen. but we're ready to do what we can to try to help then. and i think the larger question, though, is what can the u.s. do? to help the situation? >> you know, the u.s. has been trying to facilitate for decades the end of various hostilities in this, right? and more recently, john kerry has done the shuttle diplomacy to try to broker some kind of long peace deal. and the white house really wasn't all that enthusiastic, right? and so where is the white house now? do they -- do they think that this is just hopeless? and they will keep fighting and only after the fighting stops can there be any hope for some kind of deal? >> look, i think there's a lot of distress in washington. about what is going on over there. at the same time, though, remember, we're seeing a return to what we saw last two years ago. it was 2012 when w
and my goodness, is president obama recognizing hamas and is he going to talk to hamas? the white house had to come back and say no, we didn't say mediate. we said facilitate. and we didn't say that we were going to get in there and make a cease-fire happen. but we're ready to do what we can to try to help then. and i think the larger question, though, is what can the u.s. do? to help the situation? >> you know, the u.s. has been trying to facilitate for decades the end of various...
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but he, more than romney, more than obama, more than biden talks about the issue of poverty. he gave an entire speech about poverty in america. he has in his own way of dealing with the issue -- he has his own way of dealing with the issue. i wonder whether or not there is something to appeal specifically to him about why social justice matters, talking about the poor, raising the issue of poverty, even though he may be wrong. >> i think it is mostly lip service, to be honest. his voting record in congress is entirely about cutting budget priorities that help the poor. you do not see him supporting raising the minimum wage or supporting labor unions. you do not see him supporting expanding the earned-income tax credits or giving more money for public schools. there is a long history of catholic social justice, and a lot of people in my book reflect that. dorothy day. he is a right wing conservative, and he can try to mask that during the campaign, just as romney is trying to do that with some of his right-wing police, but i think if they get elected, it will be a disaster --
but he, more than romney, more than obama, more than biden talks about the issue of poverty. he gave an entire speech about poverty in america. he has in his own way of dealing with the issue -- he has his own way of dealing with the issue. i wonder whether or not there is something to appeal specifically to him about why social justice matters, talking about the poor, raising the issue of poverty, even though he may be wrong. >> i think it is mostly lip service, to be honest. his voting...
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obama could have handled it quietly. that is the way they used to do it. we have the file, though forth and sin no more. -- go forth and sin no more. tavis: when the story became public, if the president said what i suggested he might have said -- >> it was a private, personal matter. let's have a little civility in this country. people would have understood. tavis: what is your sense about it was pushing him? he was encouraged to get out in front of the story and resign? >> i do not know. it seems to have created many firestorm. i think the media is overreacting. i do love the conspiracy theories. the obama administration wanted him out because of the benghazi staff. petraeus has a bit of a samurai warrior in him. i have done something dishonorable and now must make amends. i must take the consequences. you go and deal with it on your own time. get back to work. i think it would have shown some national maturity. why are we so interested in what happens in people's bedrooms? tavis: dianne feinstein from california is saying they will have hearings. is tha
obama could have handled it quietly. that is the way they used to do it. we have the file, though forth and sin no more. -- go forth and sin no more. tavis: when the story became public, if the president said what i suggested he might have said -- >> it was a private, personal matter. let's have a little civility in this country. people would have understood. tavis: what is your sense about it was pushing him? he was encouraged to get out in front of the story and resign? >> i do...
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this is a republican proposal which they pushed during the fiscal cliff talks. the question is going to be will they support additional revenue raisers which the obama administration says are necessary for them to go further on entitlements. this should not be seen as the last offer on entitlement reductions. more to come if we get into real negotiations this spring. >> john, address the whole timetable on this. why is this release of the president's budget so -- we have the house and the senate who have passed their budgets and are we really going to get a deal? >> i don't know if we pe'll get deal, but this is lowering the temperature and part of doing that is for the president to do that himself who is a polarizing figure to step away from the discussion. let the house do its budget which they have done. the senate do their budget which they've done and now the president's trying to come in as peacemaker at the end. that's why they delayed the budget. >> john harwood, thanks very much. >>> following up on a story from a few weeks ago, the federal aviation adm
this is a republican proposal which they pushed during the fiscal cliff talks. the question is going to be will they support additional revenue raisers which the obama administration says are necessary for them to go further on entitlements. this should not be seen as the last offer on entitlement reductions. more to come if we get into real negotiations this spring. >> john, address the whole timetable on this. why is this release of the president's budget so -- we have the house and the...
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. >>> we're talking about a new executive order by president obama requiring local governments and federal agencies to account for climate change when they undertake big new projects. for more, we're joined from washington by margaret tolive. if we're just catching up here, what were those changes? what was the executive order saying? >> so the executive order is telling federal agencies and local governments and especially federal agencies to analyze all of the risks that climate change may have to their missions and what they do, to talk about what they are already doing and what they should be doing and sets up a task force to put all of these suggestions and recommendations together and analysis over the next nine months. >> does the forecast have any teeth or how does it work across the different agencies? >> what is interesting about this task force is it is laying down the policy inside the obama administration for the sort of stuff he can't do through congress and so the real question comes to funding. we need "x" amount of dollars to rebridge this bridge, shore up this shoreline,
. >>> we're talking about a new executive order by president obama requiring local governments and federal agencies to account for climate change when they undertake big new projects. for more, we're joined from washington by margaret tolive. if we're just catching up here, what were those changes? what was the executive order saying? >> so the executive order is telling federal agencies and local governments and especially federal agencies to analyze all of the risks that...
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president obama is going to play a big role at that convention to argue as we've been talking about with lisa, bringing the party together. trying to argue forcefully about why he believes not only the record of the obama administration is positive but the record going forward with the democrat would also be positive. that is finishing what we started. >> republicans in congress say they want to block this rule. can they do it? >> they cannot do it just, unless they do new legislation. that's the bait, right? the bait is that this was done by rule making over several years. it's indexed for inflation but in the far distant future. in other words it would actually begin to increase by inflation without congress trying to act. but the bait is go ahead and try. go ahead and try to tell middle class americans who just got a raise that you republicans want to take it away. and so in some ways that is part of the political jiu-jitsu, right? >> let me ask a practical question. it affects millions of workers and there has been some push back from businesses. you know, how do you think this will
president obama is going to play a big role at that convention to argue as we've been talking about with lisa, bringing the party together. trying to argue forcefully about why he believes not only the record of the obama administration is positive but the record going forward with the democrat would also be positive. that is finishing what we started. >> republicans in congress say they want to block this rule. can they do it? >> they cannot do it just, unless they do new...
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on the ground for sometime, as the obama white house vacillated and talked about red lines and didn't react to the crossing of red lines, as you know and have done extraordinary reporting on, christiane, what was happening in the background was the pentagon and the cia were running amuck and arming and supporting factions on the ground that often were at each other's throats. it was complete chaos. and i tell the story of members of those various factions going to american command centers on the ground and, you know, o would say, no i'm with the al cia, not the pentagon, you have to talk to the other guy. these are factions fighting each other. this is the chaos that results in the absence of diplomacy. >> let's get back to your own story, because no one can avoid the fact that ronan farrow is also embroiled in one of the big me too stories of the last couple of decades. how much of your experience, your writings about your own father woody allen have informed your zeal on this issue? >> only in a very attenuated way, christiane. i want to be care. to point that out because this idea
on the ground for sometime, as the obama white house vacillated and talked about red lines and didn't react to the crossing of red lines, as you know and have done extraordinary reporting on, christiane, what was happening in the background was the pentagon and the cia were running amuck and arming and supporting factions on the ground that often were at each other's throats. it was complete chaos. and i tell the story of members of those various factions going to american command centers on...
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that's what they're talking about. the second half, the extralegal half, is it's the national purpose of the obama administration is overthrow gaddafi, but you can't say that at the u.n. because it's not allowed. they're pushing the envelope on bombing the command and control centers to increase the possibility that as a happy side effect of the u.n. mission he might be toppled but they're not allowed to make the connection. that's why when you ask a question with the word end game in it, you get a blank look. gwen: did the president jump the gun when he said gaddafi must go and to make those policies sort of mesh? when they don't? >> i think saying that gaddafi certainly put president obama in a box. once he said that, once he's established that as the political end game that he's seeking, he's sort of -- when he then go into military assaults, you're looking at those two things. i was speaking with some people in the pentagon earlier this week and they were adamant that they define the military mission as protecting
that's what they're talking about. the second half, the extralegal half, is it's the national purpose of the obama administration is overthrow gaddafi, but you can't say that at the u.n. because it's not allowed. they're pushing the envelope on bombing the command and control centers to increase the possibility that as a happy side effect of the u.n. mission he might be toppled but they're not allowed to make the connection. that's why when you ask a question with the word end game in it, you...
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but economy, when romney talks about healthcare and his vow to appeal obama care he does it in terms of the economy, it gets the most emotional response than what he talks about, the unexpected issue of the focus zero on the tax increases in obama care so i think governor romney will say as he has been saying this bill is too expensive and too bureaucratic and a bad idea, there is a reality in in debate, the law is unpopular, there are elements of it more popular than not but the mandate and the law overall is unpopular and that gives romney an advantage, it may not win him an election but an advantage going forward. >> i think people don't know everything in the law and part of that is it has not all been phased in before the election. can the president by explaining it make it more popar? now what makes that a hard thing to do is that despite the ruling, whatever the ruling was going to be, there are a lot of republicans including mitt romney who will talk about obama care in their commercials, on the campaign trail mtheir debates, there are very few democrats, nancy pelosi is an e
but economy, when romney talks about healthcare and his vow to appeal obama care he does it in terms of the economy, it gets the most emotional response than what he talks about, the unexpected issue of the focus zero on the tax increases in obama care so i think governor romney will say as he has been saying this bill is too expensive and too bureaucratic and a bad idea, there is a reality in in debate, the law is unpopular, there are elements of it more popular than not but the mandate and...
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nitty-gritty aspect, those trade-offs that you're talking about. what are the choices you have to make? nobody quite wants to bite the bullet on that. and the president certainly in that speech didn't come close to doing that. >> there's two big legislative things he's trying to push this year. first, obamacare repeal and replace. the second is a big business tax cut and a reenvisioning of the whole way we do corporate taxation. in both cases, if you just tried to count the votes right now among republicans, and they control both the house and senate, they don't really have it. doesn't mean they won't get there. what it does mean, it looks like the leadership in the house, maybe also in the senate and white house, are going to create some sort of a binary crisis moment for their own party in which they will present a take it or leave it bill. it is possible it passes, everything goes great, and he has a successful first term. it's also very possible that it ends this year without real legislative accomplishment. >> you think this is going to be the
nitty-gritty aspect, those trade-offs that you're talking about. what are the choices you have to make? nobody quite wants to bite the bullet on that. and the president certainly in that speech didn't come close to doing that. >> there's two big legislative things he's trying to push this year. first, obamacare repeal and replace. the second is a big business tax cut and a reenvisioning of the whole way we do corporate taxation. in both cases, if you just tried to count the votes right...
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then he talked to cnn's soledad o'brien. >> i am in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor, they have a safety net. i'm not concerned about the very rich, they are fine. >> romney goes on in that interview to define the safety net for the poor, which includes food stamps, and vouchers. but the damage was already done. the line was all over the 24- hour news cycle and it has not stopped. mark, is there a cure for political foot-in-mouth disease? >> well, it is, problem for gov. romney because it plays into the perception of him already it as a detached, richman perhaps not familiar with the struggles of a particularly people on the lower end. 20 million americans living in households, 1/2 of the poverty level. $11,000 a year for family of at four. talk about the safety net taking care of those people. i don't know if anybody wants to live on the safety net. >> charles, can romney a shrug it off? >> well, i think, as mark says, it is the accumulation. it feeds into the existing idea for prison, and this feeds into other examples, like whe
then he talked to cnn's soledad o'brien. >> i am in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor, they have a safety net. i'm not concerned about the very rich, they are fine. >> romney goes on in that interview to define the safety net for the poor, which includes food stamps, and vouchers. but the damage was already done. the line was all over the 24- hour news cycle and it has not stopped. mark, is there a cure for political foot-in-mouth...
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-- can the obama administration's do anything about this? >> the united states has significant pull in bahrain. there is a free-trade agreement with united states. only because we are talking about a close friend and ally should not mean that we should mince words. we should be just as open and honest and straightforward with them as we are with any other country, calling on these countries to oblige 0-- abide by their own international obligations they have undertaken. but your brain -- for bahrain, it has undertaken these obligations. the trials and mechanisms that were used in the trials were basically flying in the face of international standards. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> in libya today, u.s. senator john mccain was among the first group of american congressmen to visit tripoli since the fall of muammar gaddafi last month. speaking in the libyan capital, senator mccain had this to say about the major changes the country has undergone. >> the libyan people have inspired the world. they have turned cynics' into support
-- can the obama administration's do anything about this? >> the united states has significant pull in bahrain. there is a free-trade agreement with united states. only because we are talking about a close friend and ally should not mean that we should mince words. we should be just as open and honest and straightforward with them as we are with any other country, calling on these countries to oblige 0-- abide by their own international obligations they have undertaken. but your brain --...